One of India’s most significant social welfare laws over the past two decades has been the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MGNREGA. Enacted in 2005, it guaranteed 100 days of paid unskilled work each year to rural households and created a legally enforceable right to employment. The government has now introduced a new framework — the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, or the VB-G RAM G Bill — to replace MGNREGA. The proposed la